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| 1. * | By the break of Day |
| 2. * | By the Nights twice five; |
| 3. * | By the even and odd (contrasted); |
| 4. * | And by the Night when it passeth away;- |
| 5. * | Is there (not) in these an adjuration (or evidence) for those who understand? |
| 6. * | Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the 'Ad (people),- |
| 7. * | Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars, |
| 8. * | The like of which were not produced in (all) the land? |
| 9. * | And with the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley?- |
| 10. * | And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes? |
| 11. * | (All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands, |
| 12. * | And heaped therein mischief (on mischief). |
| 13. * | Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements: |
| 14. * | For thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch-tower. |
| 15. * | Now, as for man, when his Lord trieth him, giving him honour and gifts, then saith he, (puffed up), "My Lord hath honoured me." |
| 16. * | But when He trieth him, restricting his subsistence for him, then saith he (in despair), "My Lord hath humiliated me!" |
| 17. * | Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans! |
| 18. * | Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor!- |
| 19. * | And ye devour inheritance - all with greed, |
| 20. * | And ye love wealth with inordinate love! |
| 21. * | Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder, |
| 22. * | And thy Lord cometh, and His angels, rank upon rank, |
| 23. * | And Hell, that Day, is brought (face to face),- on that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance profit him? |
| 24. * | He will say: "Ah! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my (Future) Life!" |
| 25. * | For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict, |
| 26. * | And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind. |
| 27. * | (To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou) soul, in (complete) rest and satisfaction! |
| 28. * | "Come back thou to thy Lord,- well pleased (thyself), and well-pleasing unto Him! |
| 29. * | "Enter thou, then, among My devotees! |
| 30. * | "Yea, enter thou My Heaven! |